About linking Oracle RMAN with NetBackup for UNIX
Before writing to a storage unit, link the Oracle database server software with the NetBackup API library installed by NetBackup for Oracle. Oracle uses this library when it needs to write to or read from the devices that NetBackup media manager supports.
To link your Oracle software with the NetBackup API library, use one of the following methods:
(Recommended) Use the SBT_LIBRARY parameter in the PARMS section of the allocate channel in the RMAN script. In the run block of the RMAN script, modify the ALLOCATE statement so that the SBT_LIBRARY parameter points to the NetBackup API library. For example:
ALLOCATE CHANNEL CH00 TYPE 'SBT_TAPE' PARMS 'SBT_LIBRARY= /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/libobk.so64.1';
Use the linking script that NetBackup provides.
Create the links manually.
The linking process differs depending on your hardware platform, your Oracle database server release level, and your OS level. This topic does not address all the supported combinations, but it specifies OS level differences.
The default location for the NetBackup API library is /usr/openv/netbackup/bin. The name of the NetBackup API library differs depending on your platform.
Table: NetBackup API libraries lists the library names for the supported platforms.
Table: NetBackup API libraries
Platform | Oracle | Library name |
|---|---|---|
AIX | 64-bit | libobk.a64 |
HP Itanium | 64-bit | libobk.so |
Linux x86 | 64-bit | libobk.so64 |
IBM pSeries | 64-bit | libobk.so |
IBM zSeries | 64-bit | libobk.so |
Solaris (SPARC) | 64-bit | libobk.so.64.1 |
Solaris (x86) | 64-bit | libobk.so.1 |